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06.01.2010 FDA To Study Safety Of Drugs Taken By Women While Pregnant

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is funding a new programme to study the effects of prescription drugs taken by women while they are pregnant.

05.01.2010 Prenatal Ultrasonography Has Increased 55% For Pregnant Women, Even In Low-risk Pregnancies
Current use of prenatal ultrasounds in women with singleton pregnancies is 55% greater than in 1996, even in low-risk pregnancies. More than one-third (37%) of pregnant women now receive 3 or more ultrasound tests in the second and third trimesters of a given pregnancy, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). 

05.01.2010 Canadian Medical Association Develops Panorama For Collecting Vaccination Data
The collection of individual level vaccination data when delivering vaccines is important for planning and delivery of immunization programs, to assess whether population-level coverage has been achieved and for research into vaccine safety and effectiveness, states an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

04.01.2010 Cellular Origins Of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease Pinpointed
An international team of scientists has found that cells that protect nerves are likely to be the origins of a fatal cancer known as Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) that is spreading rapidly through populations of Tasmanian devils in Australia: if unchecked, scientists estimate the cancer, which is spread through biting, could wipe out the wild devil population within the next 30 years or so.

04.01.2010 Switching To Letrozole Helps Breast Cancer Patients With Anastrozole-Related Rheumatologic Symptoms
Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer who develop arthralgia and/or myalgia (A/M) while being treated with anastrozole may want to consider a switch to letrozole therapy, researchers said at the 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).